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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa	United States
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	51,181	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	52,782	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	54,453	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	56,170	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	57,860	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	59,599	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	61,474	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	63,479	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	65,590	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	67,800	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	70,114	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	72,550	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	75,138	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	77,792	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	80,534	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	83,368	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	86,229	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	89,193	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	92,209	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	95,232	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	98,320	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	101,499	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	104,767	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	108,171	333,288

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

No separate list is published for Libya, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.